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Page - The Central Military Archive
This is the place for the student of military history and scholars alike. Combines all
periods from Pre-Modern to Modern. An On-Line Military History Library with Sources,
Reference Materials, Bibliographies, Articles, Book Reviews. Access them by time period,
subject, alphabetically.

Ancient Galleys
History of the Greek fighting ships following the development of the ram as a weapon in
about 800 BC.

The Ancient Greek
World - History of Warfare
Before the early 5th century warfare wreaked only as much havoc as needed for political
concessions. The Persian conflict brought total war. Amphora pictures of soldiers
fighting.

The Ancient Greek
World - Weapons and Armor
The basic soldiering equipment (panoply) cost the equivalent of a modern car. Pictures of
bronze helmets and perfume container that looks like a helmet with warrior's head.

Anglo-Saxon
Warfare
Relying on Tacitus, Beowulf, and the Finnesburh Fragment, this Angelcynn (living history
society) site describes the Anglo-Saxons fyrdsman.

Armamentarium
Beginner's guide to Roman military equipment. Includes FAQ. Find out what the well dressed
1st Century Roman legionnaire wore.

Battle of
Syme
Article by Caroline L. Falkner, from Ancient History Bulletin evaluating the importance of
Spartan victory at the Ionian island of Syme as described by Thucydides.

Battles of
the Roman Republic
Summaries of the following battles: Cannae, Zama, Cynoscephalae, Pharsalus, & Actium;
written as the result of a class project. Includes images of Hannibal and the elephants,
busts of Caesar, Augustus, and Scipio.

Catapaults of the Roman
Empire
Romans developed the cheiroballista and the onager. Site discusses the Siege of Maiden
Castle, nomenclature, and methods of procurement of siege engines.

Laws of War in
the Roman Empire 350 to 380 AD
Laws of hospitality protected envoys. Military movements ceased during negotiations.
Dediticii, those who had surrendered, were employed within the army were assigned to
distant parts of the empire.

Military
History of the Roman State
Bibliography relevant to Regnal Rome, Pyrrhus, punic Wars, Jugurthine War, Caesar in Gaul,
Civil Wars, Jewish Revolt, Huns, Vandals, and many other campaigns.

Models
of the Roman Legion
By Gary Brueggeman. If you've ever wondered how the Roman legions were arranged, you'll
appreciate the graphics on this site. Excellent bibliography.

Naval
Warfare in Ancient India
Article by Prithwis Chandra Chakravarti, from 1930 Indian Historical Quarterly includes
literary evidence and conquests of Ceylon.

Neolithic Warfare,
by Arther Ferrill
Fascinating, long article discounting popular misconceptions about early warfare,
including the idea that slings require a good deal of space and that populations were too
small for warfare on a modern scale.

Peloponnesian
Wars
Article with accompanying maps of alliances of and schematics of the Peloponnesian Wars
which began with Sparta and her allies laid seige to Periclean Athens in 431 BC.

SAMH
Homepage for the Society of Ancient Military Historians. Accepts members interested in
promoting and sharing in the study of Ancient Military History.

Sargon's Eighth Campaign
Anthony Garia points out what we know about the Assyrian army from letters about Sargon's
campaign in 714 BC.

Siege of Syracuse
Introduction, map, and relevant passages from Livy, Polybius, and Plutarch.

Sun
Tzu on the Art of War
Lionel Giles' 1910 translation from the Chinese of the oldest military treatise in the
world. Includes explanation of the treatise and legends about the military leader.

The
Syracusan Expedition
Athens attacked the Spartan colony in Sicily in 425 and then again, under the influence of
Alcibiades, in 415. Although in the first wave of battle, Athens gained the upper hand,
ultimately, it lost not only the war but its political supremacy.

Tension Artllery in the
Greek World
1995 article on Gastraphetes. Composite belly bow, whose research was commissioned by
Dionysus I in 399 BC, made a welcome addition to seige warfare. Related section on the
Sythians is unfinished.

The
Trireme
Succinct article on the Athenian fighting ship. Includes specifications and consequences
of owning a fleet of the state-of-the-art, polis financed ships.

Vocabulaire
militaire grec
Using Latin letters for Greek in the html, brief article describes the context based
meaning of Greek military vocabulary.